We’ve met our baby at last, and there is a story to tell. Over the years I have been struck by how many times things have happened which seem to have been ‘meant’. Little things which link together which make you think that’s got to be more than a coincidence, even when the rational side […] The post A New Family Member! appeared first on Planet Penny ..read more

I have news…happy news! Planet Penny has a new recruit lined up as Studio Assistant, Cuddle Sponge and Entertainments Officer. His job title is much longer than he is at the moment but he is doing his best to grow into it! Here he is on the left, with his sister and mum. It’s going […] The post And so it begins… appeared first on Planet Penny ..read more

I can’t believe it’s March already! Despite the current cold snap things are beginning to show signs of life in the garden and the evenings are getting ever lighter. The patch of lawn under the cherry trees has been lit up with crocuses, have you noticed how the yellow ones glow in the sunlight? The […] The post Return of the Light appeared first on Planet Penny ..read more

So hard to write, but Higgins didn’t come home. Scans showed his little body was full of tumours and we had to make the dreadful, but only decision to put him out of pain. We held him in our arms as he slipped away and it was so very, very hard. There is an aching […] The post Farewell, my Best Boy appeared first on Planet Penny ..read more

I am sooo behind with my temperature blanket! One of the hazards of having far too many projects on the go at once. I blame my butterfly brain, always fluttering off to the next pretty thing which appears over the horizon. However, this is it so far: I’ve reached the end of June! But, I […] The post Blogtober Day 3 – Temperature Blanket appeared first on Planet Penny ..read more

Welcome to October, and yes, it’s properly Autumn now, the heatwave is a distant memory. I seem to have gone seamlessly from moaning about being too hot to complaining about the cold, so I need to speed up the knitting and crochet creations to keep myself and the rest of the family warm. I just […] The post Blogtober 2022 – Day One appeared first on Planet Penny ..read more

As the days grow shorter, and the clocks go back I am revisiting this pattern from 2015.  I loved this sweater and wore it to death so I think it’s time to make myself another one.  It might be unseasonably mild just at the moment but I’m sure it won’t be long before we need […] The post A crochet sweater for Autumn appeared first on Planet Penny ..read more

Returning to blogging for Blogtober has been a light bulb moment for me. I realise that despite all my optimism about posting every day, just putting pressure on myself to perform doesn’t work. In fact, it has the opposite effect entirely. I’ve not made any secret of the fact that I have suffered from M.E./C.F.S. […] The post Blogtober 2022 – From the Heart appeared first on Planet Penny ..read more

This week we went to visit somewhere that’s been on my bucket list for a long time…Sutton Hoo. As a family we have always been interested in fossils and bones and buried treasure! It starts off with dinosaurs, doesn’t it, when they are really tiny? All my children, and then grandchildren were the same. Eldest […] The post Blogtober 2022 – Sutton Hoo appeared first on Planet Penny ..read more

Oof! I really do need to catch up! Brain fog obviously leads to brain freeze, not helpful. Woke up to a beautiful autumn morning… You really wouldn’t think I was in the corner of a muddy field in Norfolk, would you? But despite the tropical feel to the day, I’m actually addressing the C word, […] The post Blogtober Catch up! – Gift Ideas to Make appeared first on Planet Penny ..read more